The Ağrı Province (Turkish: Ağrı ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Agiriyê;[2] Armenian: Քարբեր մարզ) is a province in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran to the east, Kars to the north, Erzurum to the northwest, Muş and Bitlis to the southwest, Van to the south, and Iğdır to the northeast.

[12] Ağrı is named after the nearby Mount Ararat, a 5,137 metres (16,854 ft) high stratovolcano, the highest mountain in Turkey and a national symbol to Armenians (see Western Armenia).

Various tributaries of the Murat River (which later feeds the Euphrates) flow through the area and water these plains.

The Turkish tribes began to pass through in huge numbers following the defeat of the Byzantine armies at Malazgirt in 1071, sometimes pursued by Mongols.

In the late 1920s, in an attempt to curb the Ararat rebellion,[15][16] the province was included into the First Inspectorate-General (Turkish: Birinci Umumi Müfettişlik)[17] comprising the provinces of Mardin, Diyarbakır, Van, Elazıĝ, Bitlis, Hakkari, Şanlıurfa and Siirt.

[19] The third UM span over the provinces of Erzurum, Artvin, Rize, Trabzon, Kars Gümüşhane, Erzincan and Ağrı.

Ağrı attracts tourists to the mountains, for climbing and trekking in summers, and skiing in winters.